Guidebook for Amsterdam
Getting Around
This location on just a 5-minute walk has sevaral tram lines, buses and trains leaving, connecting Amsterdam East with the rest of Amsterdam and cities outside of Amsterdam. For information about train timetables, check out www.ns.nl.
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Amsterdam Muiderpoort station
This location on just a 5-minute walk has sevaral tram lines, buses and trains leaving, connecting Amsterdam East with the rest of Amsterdam and cities outside of Amsterdam. For information about train timetables, check out www.ns.nl.
Food Scene
Good food (the burger here is a classic!) and a large choice of nice drinks. Local beers, cocktails and advice from the bartenders. Music and atmosphere is very relaxed.
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Walter's - The Walter Woodbury Bar
42 JavastraatGood food (the burger here is a classic!) and a large choice of nice drinks. Local beers, cocktails and advice from the bartenders. Music and atmosphere is very relaxed.
The coffee is nice here. This is also a shop with some nice interior/fashion items.
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Hartje Oost
23 JavastraatThe coffee is nice here. This is also a shop with some nice interior/fashion items.
Bar Gallizia
67 JavastraatItalian restaurant with a cozy interior.
This is a really busy place on sunny days. The food is Vietnamese style, delicious and really affordable. Nice to enjoy a drink in the late afternoon sun or go for a good bite. Good music, hip interior and a friendly staff.
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Bar Basquiat
88-90 JavastraatThis is a really busy place on sunny days. The food is Vietnamese style, delicious and really affordable. Nice to enjoy a drink in the late afternoon sun or go for a good bite. Good music, hip interior and a friendly staff.
Good lunch and dinner, enjoying a tropical vibe inside, even when the weather is bad.
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Bar Botanique
581 Eerste Van SwindenstraatGood lunch and dinner, enjoying a tropical vibe inside, even when the weather is bad.
This place used to be a bathing house, now this is a typical and well-known place in Amsterdam East. Nice to have a drink, but also suitable for a lunch. Dinner not recommended.
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Het Badhuis
21 JavapleinThis place used to be a bathing house, now this is a typical and well-known place in Amsterdam East. Nice to have a drink, but also suitable for a lunch. Dinner not recommended.
A restaurant with great ambiance. The prices are higher than usual and reservations are required at weekends and holidays.
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Wilde Zwijnen
23 JavapleinA restaurant with great ambiance. The prices are higher than usual and reservations are required at weekends and holidays.
A bit more luxury than the other, more 'hip' restaurants, but great atmosphere. Prices are slightly high for Amsterdam East.
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Louie Louie
11A LinnaeusstraatA bit more luxury than the other, more 'hip' restaurants, but great atmosphere. Prices are slightly high for Amsterdam East.
Stek | Breakfast & lunch
95 WibautstraatHip restaurant with good prices.
De Plantage
36 Plantage KerklaanGreat classic restaurant, located next to the Artis Zoo.
Drinks & Nightlife
de Biertuin
29 LinnaeusstraatNeedless to say... a lot of choice in beer
bar Bukowski
10 OosterparkGreat atmosphere, but crowded from thursday to saturday.
Parks & Nature
Great to barbecue in the summer, but also nice to escape the 'city feeling' a bit.
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Oosterpark Amsterdam
OosterparkGreat to barbecue in the summer, but also nice to escape the 'city feeling' a bit.
Amsterdam's most famous park, located next to the city center. Definitely worth a visit.
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Vondelpark
Amsterdam's most famous park, located next to the city center. Definitely worth a visit.
Arts & Culture
Van Gogh Museum
6 MuseumpleinMost well-known Dutch artist.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum station
The building itself is impressive already!
Sightseeing
Anne-Frank-Haus
20 WestermarktA very impressive story in Dutch history
The nine shopping streets of Amsterdam. Less known than the Kalverstraat, but more local stores and more atmospheric.
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De 9 Straatjes
The nine shopping streets of Amsterdam. Less known than the Kalverstraat, but more local stores and more atmospheric.
Shopping
Kalverstraat
KalverstraatWell-known city center of Amsterdam